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Indeed, if we’re any sort of an empire, we are an empire of freedom and democratic idealism. America maintains an unofficial pledge to defend Taiwan from Chinese aggression and keeps 37,000 troops in South Korea, much to the respective dismay of Beijing and Pyongyang. In both cases, our goal is to protect the liberal achievements of those nations. Meanwhile, we remain staunchly close to Israel because it is the lone democratic outpost in a region of dictators and tyrannies. Although this closeness angers many in the Arab world—including those who sell us petroleum?...
...some Harvard seniors who root for the home team are directing their dismay at a different source this week: the Senior Class Committee...
When speculation first arose in February that Harvard would make a bid for Pinker, MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department Chair Mriganka Sur expressed dismay at the possibility of losing Pinker...
Remember the President George W. Bush of August or September, when the Iraq debacle was gearing up? He had a tough decision to make: Side with Colin Powell, advocate for the U.N., or go with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. On Sept. 12, to many hawks’ dismay, he chose the path too often taken; he gave a speech to the U.N., benevolently bestowing the world body power and legitimacy that it did not have in the first place. Instead of simply seeking to expedite the stated U.S. policy of ousting Saddam, a dovish Bush acquiesced to the Security...
...piled with stacks of bodies. The dead were later interred in a temporary cemetery nearby. National Guard soldiers soon took over and ordered every home to be blacked out at night. They shot at any light showing through the cracks. In our darkened, humid rooms, we huddled in dismay at the way our ancestral Japan had put a curse on all Japanese living in Hawaii. Other ethnic groups looked upon us as the enemy, not to be trusted. Our village elders soon got together to burn or destroy anything to do with Japan: photos of the Emperor, flags, swords...